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Tola Wilner Widawski photographs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-020
Abstract
Slides, negatives, and digital images of Tola Wilner Widawski, a Jew from Łódź, Poland, who survived the Holocaust. Pre-and post-World War II images show Wilner with friends and family, including her husband, Michislaw Widawski, and their children. Also included are images of the Polish exit permits the family used to leave Poland for Israel in 1957.
Dates:
1905-1957
Found in:
Special Collections
Winstock, Rosenberg, and Visanska family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1122
Abstract
Photographs, certificates, genealogical research, and clippings of the Winstock, Rosenberg, and Visanska families. The majority of the collection consists of photographs of the Winstock, Rosenberg, and Visanska families, their homes and businesses. Materials relate primarily to Moses Winstock, a merchant and plantation owner, and to Abraham Rosenberg and his son, Ernest Rosenberg, who were both merchants. Also included are clippings, correspondence, and genealogical research materials...
Dates:
1881-2009; Majority of material found within 1885-1950
Found in:
Special Collections
Siegmund Wolfsohn papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-018
Abstract
Photographs, citizenship papers, immigration and school records, and other papers of Siegmund Wolfsohn, an Austrian Holocaust survivor who escaped Austria as part of the Kindertransport in 1939 and eventually settled in the United States.
Dates:
1918-2005
Found in:
Special Collections
World War I and World War II poster collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0063
Collection Overview
The World War I and II Poster Collection consists of 101 poster, some of which are duplicates, and a few non-poster items which are an editorial page, a mounted photograph, and a leaflet.
The World War I posters include war bond posters, posters from various civic groups advertising the United War Work Campaign, and posters from the Committee on Public Information, the Department of Labor, and the United States Food Administration. There are also a few British produced, American...
Dates:
1917-1918, 1940-1945
Found in:
Special Collections
John A. Zeigler, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0125
Abstract
The papers contain writings, biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the life of John Asbury Zeigler, Jr., poet, music philanthropist, and co-owner of the Book Basement bookstore in Charleston, S.C. Materials relate to Zeigler’s education at the Citadel, and his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II in Yakutat, Alaska. The papers also cover Zeigler’s relationship with Edwin Peacock, their friendship with lithographer Prentiss Taylor and his partner Roderick...
Dates:
1755-2015
Found in:
Special Collections